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District unveils public dashboard tracking 329 developments with school entitlements

Polk County School Board · February 11, 2026

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Summary

Facilities staff demonstrated a public dashboard that shows 329 developments with binding school entitlements and 70 nonbinding projects countywide; staff said the tool will feed capital planning and demographic projections and that a board retreat is planned to review implications.

Polk County School District planners showed the board a new public-facing dashboard Feb. 10 that tracks residential development and school-concurrency entitlements across the county and intended to improve transparency for capital planning.

Joshua McLemore and facilities staff described the dashboard as a live tool that ties development applications, binding concurrency letters and site plans to the district's enrollment projections. McLemore said the dashboard currently tracks 329 developments with secured school entitlements and about 70 nonbinding (early-stage) projects. The tool provides a details pane with site plans and the actual application documents the district reviewed, McLemore said, and staff have a seat on city and county development-review committees so they can incorporate submissions into district capital planning.

Board members asked when projects are removed from the map and how staff estimate student-generation and absorption. McLemore said projects "fall off" the active list when lots transition from homebuilder ownership to individuals (indicating buildout) and that the district uses student-generation rates from the impact-fee study plus Certificate-of-Occupancy data to estimate absorption and enrollment impacts.

The board discussed timing for a retreat to dig into northeast Polk growth and agreed staff will pursue dates; the district proposed an April 10 retreat but said it could explore earlier options and brief the board in work sessions in the interim.

The dashboard is intended to help align development review with the district's 5-, 10- and 20-year capital plans and will be refined with city and county partners, staff said.